Material Flow Design and Simulation of Part Production in the Free Machines Layout

Abstract

Material flow design, its simulation and selection of organizational form of machines layout is important part of production design. The further part of the production design is the selection of machines layout form, which depends on the material flow. It is included technological, subject, free, modular and cellular layout. Free machines layout was selected for the shaft production, because it was not possible advance exactly to determine the material flow, organizational and running relations and following individual operations. The machines and conveyors utilization was possible to determine on the based of material flow simulation in Witness program. On the based statistics I recommend to realize the further research, which will consist in the change of machines layout, for example cellular.